Convertible wagon-body.



A. TARPY. CONVERTIBLE wmo'u BODY. APPLICATION FILED SEPLZS. I917.

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A. TARPY.

CONVERTIBLE WAGON BODY. APPLICATION man SEPT.26. I911.

1,258,500. Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

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. CONVERTIBLE WAGON-BODY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1918'.

Application filed September 26, 1917. Serial No. 198,807.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Aos'rm TARPY, a citizen of the United States, 'residin at I Brussels, in the county of Calhoun and tate of Illinois, have invented certain new and 'useful Im rovements in Convertible Wagon- Bodies, 0 which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. This invention relates towa on'bodies, and." particularly to converti le wagon bodies.-

The general object of my invention is to 'provide a very simple wagon body so constructed that the'body mag be used as' an ordinary wagonbody, ma "econverted into a hay rackgor into a 'c o's'e'd or open box such. as is for the transportation of animals.

A further-object of the invention is to provide a body-"of this characterlincluding sideboaii-dibraced in a vertical position against the stakes or standards of the frame, and provide rack boards so connected to the 26 body that they may be turned into a horizontal position or todpositions midway bea vertical.

. A further object is to: provide improved *connectin "members or braces between the so side-boar s bracing the side boards of the body from each other, jthese connecting members being formed to engage end gates, k

- and also formed to receiye angular rack supporting members which are detacl ablyas dis sed in the ends of these braces.

' her objects will appear in the course of the following descri t on.

My invention is il ustrated iii -panying' drawings, 'wherein:-- a 'Figure 1 is a top plan yiew of-my improvedwag'on body arranged as a hay rack Fi 2 is a cross sectional view looking towar the forward'end of'the wagon'body, when nged as a hay ra'ck,--'showing 1n dotted inesgthe manner in which the rack the; accomboards may -be lifted to a vertical position A to form an open box;

Fi 3 is a sectional vie'wj'looking toward the nt showing the rackboards'raised to a vertical position and showing intermediate boards 81 in place to form a closed 4 is a perspective view of the brace 18 and the bracket 25; and

' brac eta wagon.

'20 for the reception 0 Fi 5 is a perspective view of one of the Referring to these drawings, 10 desi nates oppositely disposed vertical si e boards, and 11 the bottom board of the These side boards are dis osedpreferably in a parallel relation an are held in this relation by a pluralityof transversel extending irons or braces 12, 13 and 14. Y he braces 12 are alike and each brace comprises a transverse cross bar havin u wardly turned standards 15, these stan a s at their u at 16 an ein form with openings 17.

The side boar s 10 are attached to these standards by means of screws or bolts '19 or in any'other suitablemanner. The trans verse bracefor iron 14 has the same form as the braces 12, but the uprights or stand- 'r ends bein laterally turned as ards 15 are formed with inwardly projecting flanges 20 to receive an end'gate. The

brace or iron 13 has substantially the. form as the' br'aces 12 or14 but it is proadded with the inwardly also with a forwardl deflected u wardly bowed arch21. 'Furt ermore theextending an end gate, arid' tensions 16 are formed with circularaper tures 22 instead of with-the rectangular apertures which are formed inthe extension 16 of the'mem'bers 13 and 14;. It will be understood that the i'ron13 is formed at the forward end of the body:

The body, as heretofore described, forms an ordinai-{y wagon box having relatively shallow si es and in order to' convert the wagon into a ha rack, I rovide the longitudinally exten ing rack oards 23, and a pluralityof su porting brackets 2 4 and 25 to whijci. these boards 23 are attached. The brackets 24 are an larly formed and are made of relatively' at iron so as to provide a portion'which extends out beneath the corresponding board and to which the board 23 is connected by screws and a ortion 26 which is adapted 'to" extend ownward through the correspondin slot 17 and normally bear against the si e face of thecorresponding board 10. 'The bracket 25 is rig cross section, and is held to the boards 23 by U-shaped bolts 27 through which the bracket'may rotate for a u ose which will be later stated. This lE rao t at its extremlty is an to prevent t 1e bracket from being withdrawn from its Engagement with the board 23. It will be seen, of course, that the anlarly bent to form a stop '28 gular ends of these brackets extend throu h the circular apertures in the ends of t e iron 13 Preferably the extrenutics of the brackets 24 are provided with perforations 29 for the attachment of chains or braces. The brackets 24 are all formed with bolt holes whereby rack boards, such as 23, may

be attached to the respective brackets.

WVhen the body is to be used as a hay rack, the brackets 24 and are disposed in horizontalposition as are the rack boards 23 and the angular ends 26 of the brackets bear against the side walls or boards 10. When it is desired to convert the hay rack into a relatively deep wagon box, the brackets are turned up to a vertical position and slide downward through the slots 17 and '22 until the boards 23 rest upon the u per edges of the boards 10, as illustra in- Fig. 2, the angular ends 26 of the brackets extending laterally outward. The angular ends of the brackets would, under these circumstances, roject outward and would interfere with t e turning movement ofthe front wheels and it is for this reason thatI it will be an erstood that and boards are to be inserted between the flanges 20 whenfthe boards 23 are turned up toe vertical posi tion. In order to make a. still deeper and solid we on box, I may isfiose boards'81 between t e rack boards 23, t ing bolted to the longlegs of tiie'brackets 24 and 25. These rack boards 23, in prac-f tice, will be about 6 wide. Therefore, if the two outer rack boards 23 and 31 be left off, I increase the height of the side.

walls by 6 If the outer and inner rack boards are left on I increase the height'of the side walls b about 18", with a s ace between the rack ards and, if the third rack board is used, I increase the height of the bod about 18", but Ihave a solid side w or ti t box. Iino side boards are wantedfan if the rack is not wanted, .it'is obviousthatfie supportinglirons 24 @1125 me. b slipped out from t eir engagement wit the bracing irons 12, 13 and 14, thusleavm the wan It will be seen that I secure a convertible wagonbody, without the necessity of usin braces extending from the lower edge 0 the main wagon box to 'the outer the extension boards, and this is one of the objects of this invention. It will further 'main'wagon body for any use of the front sertible ese boards be-' and outwardly inclined position.

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. through the aperture of the corres edge of be seen that this construction is very simple, may be cheaply made and that 1t provides for a very strong and rigid connection of the boards 10 to the body of the we on box and for a quickly adjustable and quic 1y detachable engagement of the rack boards or extension boards with the wagon box.

In Fig. 3, I show the rack boards raised to a; vertical position to form a solid sided box, the rack boards being held in this position by means of the chem 33 and by trans verse bolts 34 passing in front of the end gate 32. i

Having described my invention, 'what I claim is:

1. In a wagon, a wagon box having side boards, braces connecting the bottom to the side boards and extending beyond the side boards and formed with a ertures at. their ends, a luralityof angu ar brackets insertible t rough the apertures, the brackets rovide each a boards mounted upon said brackets, the

forward brackets being rotatably, connected i tothe extension boards.

2. Ina wagon, a wagon box having'side boards-braces connecting the bottom to the side boards andextending beyond the side boards and formed with a ertures' at their ends, a plurality of angular brackets intion extendin horizon I ,a' portion extending down an mounted upon said brackets, the forward ment of connections to hold the brackets and extension boards from lateral outward movement when disposed in an upwardly 3. A wagon box comprisin plurality of approximately haped bracmg irons attac ed to'the bottom and extending upward on each side-and then'extending laterally outward, side boards attached to the u ward extensions. of the bracingiron sai irons extending be ond the side hour and being apertured, racketsyeach angular in form'to provide aleg extending Pending iron and a leg extending horizontally, the brackets 'bein slidably disposed: in said apertures an extension boards attached to said brackets, being connections to hold the brackets and extension boards from lateral outward movement when disposed in upwardly extending'position.

the outer ends of the brackets perforated for' the engagement of rough the apertures, the brackets being angular in form to rovide each a porbearing flat against theside jwallsof the ,wagon, and extension boards ing portions of the forwa connected by an u angular brackets sli ingly disposed within the apertures and the extremities of the irons, each bracket normally having one leg bearin against the side boards and the 5 other leg extending horizontally outward, and rack boards detachably mounted upon said horizontally extending portions of the brackets. V

In testimony whereofl hereunto afiix my 20 signature in the presence of two witnesses.

AUSTIN TA'RPY.

Witnesses Enwann J. CANAN, PETER HAWK. 

